Cyt‑c Cancer Research Results

Cyt‑c, cyt-c Release into Cytosol: Click to Expand ⟱
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Cytochrome c
** The term "release of cytochrome c" ** an increase in level for the cytosol.
Small hemeprotein found loosely associated with the inner membrane of the mitochondrion where it plays a critical role in cellular respiration. Cytochrome c is highly water-soluble, unlike other cytochromes. It is capable of undergoing oxidation and reduction as its iron atom converts between the ferrous and ferric forms, but does not bind oxygen. It also plays a major role in cell apoptosis.

The term "release of cytochrome c" refers to a critical step in the process of programmed cell death, also known as apoptosis.
In its new location—the cytosol—cytochrome c participates in the apoptotic signaling pathway by helping to form the apoptosome, which activates caspases that execute cell death.
Cytochrome c is a small protein normally located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. Its primary role in healthy cells is to participate in the electron transport chain, a process that helps produce energy (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation.
Mitochondrial outer membrane permeability leads to the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria into the cytosol.
The release of cytochrome c is a pivotal event in apoptosis where cytochrome c moves from the mitochondria to the cytosol, initiating a chain reaction that leads to programmed cell death.

On the one hand, cytochrome c can promote cancer cell survival and proliferation by regulating the activity of various signaling pathways, such as the PI3K/AKT pathway. This can lead to increased cell growth and resistance to apoptosis, which are hallmarks of cancer.
On the other hand, cytochrome c can also induce apoptosis in cancer cells by interacting with other proteins, such as Apaf-1 and caspase-9. This can lead to the activation of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway, which can result in the death of cancer cells.
Overexpressed in Breast, Lung, Colon, and Prostrate.
Underexpressed in Ovarian, and Pancreatic.


Pca, Prostate Cancer: Click to Expand ⟱
Prostate Cancer: Alterations in genes such as ERG, SPOP, MYC, androgen receptor (AR), and CHD1, drive PCa progression.
TP53 is the most commonly mutated gene in human cancer.
HH↑, GLI-1↑, SHH↑ P53↓
The loss of p53 and/or other tumor suppressor genes, reduced capacity for DNA repair, the dysfunction of telomerase activity, and changes in the pathways that govern the growth of cells also mediate the progression of Pca.
It has been well documented that Ca2+ influx and MDR1 upregulation are highly associated with GEM metabolism in human pancreatic carcinoma.
Increased Growth factor IGF-1/IGF-1R axis activation mediated by both PI3K/Akt or RAF/MEK/ERK system and AR expression remains important in the development and progression of prostate cancer.
It has been demonstrated that prostate cancer cells are relatively sensitive to heat stress.
Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 has been reported as an oncogenic target in multiple types of cancers, including PC.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
1564- Api,    Apigenin-induced prostate cancer cell death is initiated by reactive oxygen species and p53 activation
- in-vitro, Pca, 22Rv1 - in-vivo, NA, NA
MDM2↓, NF-kB↓, p65↓, P21↑, ROS↑, GSH↓, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Apoptosis↑, P53↑, eff↓, Bcl-xL↓, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, Casp↑, TumCG↓, TumVol↓, TumW↓,
1563- Api,  MET,    Metformin-induced ROS upregulation as amplified by apigenin causes profound anticancer activity while sparing normal cells
- in-vitro, Nor, HDFa - in-vitro, PC, AsPC-1 - in-vitro, PC, MIA PaCa-2 - in-vitro, Pca, DU145 - in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vivo, NA, NA
selectivity↑, selectivity↑, selectivity↓, ROS↑, eff↑, tumCV↓, MMP↓, Dose∅, eff↓, DNAdam↑, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, Necroptosis↑, p‑P53↑, BIM↑, BAX↑, p‑PARP↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, Cyt‑c↑, Bcl-2↓, AIF↑, p62↑, LC3B↑, MLKL↑, p‑MLKL↓, RIP3↑, p‑RIP3↑, TumCG↑, TumW↓,
1404- BBR,    Berberine-induced apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells is initiated by reactive oxygen species generation
- in-vitro, Pca, PC3
Apoptosis↑, *Apoptosis∅, MMP↓, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑Casp9↑, cl‑PARP↑, ROS↑, eff↓, Cyt‑c↑,
5178- BBR,    Berberine, a natural product, induces G1-phase cell cycle arrest and caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells
- in-vitro, Pca, DU145 - in-vitro, Pca, PC3
TumCP↑, TumCCA↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, P21↑, p27↑, Apoptosis↑, Bax:Bcl2↑, MMP↓, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, PARP↑, DNAdam↑, selectivity↑, Cyt‑c↑,
481- CUR,  CHr,  Api,    Flavonoid-induced glutathione depletion: Potential implications for cancer treatment
- in-vitro, Liver, A549 - in-vitro, Pca, PC3 - in-vitro, AML, HL-60
GSH↓, mtDam↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑,
4945- PEITC,    Phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) promotes G2/M phase arrest via p53 expression and induces apoptosis through caspase- and mitochondria-dependent signaling pathways in human prostate cancer DU 145 cells
- in-vitro, Pca, DU145
AntiCan↑, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, tumCV↓, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, P53↑, CDC25↓, Casp9↑, Casp8↑, mtDam↑, Cyt‑c↑,
4950- PEITC,    Phenethyl isothiocyanate-induced apoptosis in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells is mediated by reactive oxygen species-dependent disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Smad1↑, Diablo↑, ROS↑,
71- QC,    Role of Bax in quercetin-induced apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, PrEC - in-vitro, Pca, YPEN-1 - in-vitro, Pca, HCT116
Casp8↑, Casp9↑, PARP↑, BAD↓, BAX↑, PI3K/Akt↓, Cyt‑c↑, selectivity↑,
86- QC,  PacT,    Quercetin regulates insulin like growth factor signaling and induces intrinsic and extrinsic pathway mediated apoptosis in androgen independent prostate cancer cells (PC-3)
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
BAD↑, IGFBP3↑, Cyt‑c↑, cl‑Casp9↑, Casp10↑, cl‑PARP↑, Casp3↑, IGF-1R↓, PI3K↓, p‑Akt↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, IGF-1↓, IGF-2↓, IGF-1R↓, MMP↓, Apoptosis↑, NA?,
3369- QC,    Pharmacological basis and new insights of quercetin action in respect to its anti-cancer effects
- Review, Pca, NA
FAK↓, TumCCA↑, p‑pRB↓, CDK2↑, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDK1↓, EMT↓, PI3K↓, MAPK↓, Wnt↓, ROS↑, miR-21↑, Akt↓, NF-kB↓, FasL↑, Bak↑, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↓, Casp9↑, P53↑, p38↑, MAPK↑, Cyt‑c↑, PARP↓, CHOP↑, ROS↓, LDH↑, GRP78/BiP↑, ERK↑, MDA↓, SOD↑, GSH↑, NRF2↑, VEGF↓, PDGF↓, EGF↓, FGF↓, TNF-α↓, TGF-β↓, VEGFR2↓, EGFR↓, FGFR1↓, mTOR↓, cMyc↓, MMPs↓, LC3B-II↑, Beclin-1↑, IL1β↓, CRP↓, IL10↓, COX2↓, IL6↓, TLR4↓, Shh↓, HER2/EBBR2↓, NOTCH↓, DR5↑, HSP70/HSPA5↓, CSCs↓, angioG↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, IGFBP3↑, uPA↓, uPAR↓, RAS↓, Raf↓, TSP-1↑,
3078- RES,    The Effects of Resveratrol on Prostate Cancer through Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment
- Review, Pca, NA
*ROS↓, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, Apoptosis↑, Hif1a↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, Cyt‑c↑, Dose↝, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, EMT↓, E-cadherin↑, N-cadherin↓, AR↓,
3192- SFN,    Transcriptome analysis reveals a dynamic and differential transcriptional response to sulforaphane in normal and prostate cancer cells and suggests a role for Sp1 in chemoprevention
- in-vitro, Pca, PC3
Sp1/3/4↓, selectivity↑, NRF2↑, HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, TumCCA↑, selectivity↑, HO-1↑, NQO1↑, CDK2↓, TumCP↓, BID↑, Smad1↑, Diablo↑, ICAD↑, Cyt‑c↑, IAP1↑, HSP27↑, *Cyt‑c↓, *IAP1↓, *HSP27↓, survivin↓, CDK4↓, VEGF↓, AR↓,
1468- SFN,    Cellular responses to dietary cancer chemopreventive agent D,L-sulforaphane in human prostate cancer cells are initiated by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, PC3
ROS↑, DNAdam↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, TumCCA↑,
1481- SFN,  docx,    Combination of Low-Dose Sulforaphane and Docetaxel on Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Reprogramming in Prostate Cancer Cell Lines
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, PC3
ChemoSen↑, Casp3↑, ROS↑, Casp8↑, Cyt‑c↑, Glycolysis↓, GSH↓, GSH/GSSG↓, *toxicity↓,
5105- SSE,    Sodium selenite induces apoptosis by generation of superoxide via the mitochondrial-dependent pathway in human prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP
TumCD↑, Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, eff↓, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, ER Stress↑, TumAuto↑, necrosis↑, chemoPv↑,
1824- VitK2,    Vitamin K and its analogs: Potential avenues for prostate cancer management
- Review, Pca, NA
AntiCan↑, toxicity∅, Risk↓, Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, TumCCA↑, eff↑, DNAdam↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, pro‑Casp3↑, FasL↑, Fas↑, TumAuto↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 16 of 16

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 16

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


NA, unassigned

NA?, 1,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress

GSH↓, 3,   GSH↑, 1,   GSH/GSSG↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   MDA↓, 1,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 2,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 10,   SOD↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics

AIF↑, 1,   CDC25↓, 1,   EGF↓, 1,   FGFR1↓, 1,   MMP↓, 10,   mtDam↑, 2,   Raf↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis

cMyc↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,   PI3K/Akt↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Akt↓, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 9,   BAD↓, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 4,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 3,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   BID↑, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp10↑, 1,   Casp3↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 6,   cl‑Casp3↑, 1,   pro‑Casp3↑, 1,   Casp8↑, 4,   Casp9↑, 7,   cl‑Casp9↑, 2,   Cyt‑c↑, 16,   Diablo↑, 2,   DR5↑, 1,   Fas↑, 1,   FasL↑, 2,   IAP1↑, 1,   ICAD↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   MLKL↑, 1,   p‑MLKL↓, 1,   Necroptosis↑, 1,   necrosis↑, 1,   p27↑, 1,   p38↑, 1,   survivin↓, 1,   TumCD↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction

HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics

miR-21↑, 1,   p‑pRB↓, 1,   tumCV↓, 2,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

CHOP↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 1,   GRP78/BiP↑, 1,   HSP27↑, 1,   HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes

Beclin-1↑, 1,   LC3B↑, 1,   LC3B-II↑, 1,   p62↑, 1,   TumAuto↑, 3,  

DNA Damage & Repair

DNAdam↑, 6,   DNMTs↓, 1,   P53↑, 3,   p‑P53↑, 1,   PARP↓, 1,   PARP↑, 2,   p‑PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 2,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 2,   CDK2↑, 1,   CDK4↓, 2,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   P21↑, 2,   TumCCA↑, 6,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State

CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 2,   ERK↑, 1,   FGF↓, 1,   HDAC↓, 1,   IGF-1↓, 1,   IGF-1R↓, 2,   IGF-2↓, 1,   IGFBP3↑, 2,   mTOR↓, 1,   NOTCH↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 2,   RAS↓, 1,   Shh↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 2,   TumCG↑, 1,   Wnt↓, 1,  

Migration

E-cadherin↑, 1,   FAK↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   MMPs↓, 2,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   PDGF↓, 1,   RIP3↑, 1,   p‑RIP3↑, 1,   Smad1↑, 2,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TSP-1↑, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,   TumCP↑, 1,   uPA↓, 1,   uPAR↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature

angioG↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   Hif1a↑, 1,   VEGF↓, 2,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling

COX2↓, 1,   CRP↓, 1,   IL10↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 2,   p65↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors

AR↓, 2,   CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance

ChemoSen↑, 2,   Dose↝, 1,   Dose∅, 1,   eff↓, 4,   eff↑, 2,   RadioS↑, 1,   selectivity↓, 1,   selectivity↑, 6,  

Clinical Biomarkers

AR↓, 2,   CRP↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

AntiCan↑, 2,   chemoPv↑, 1,   Risk↓, 1,   toxicity∅, 1,   TumVol↓, 1,   TumW↓, 2,  
Total Targets: 162

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress

ROS↓, 1,  

Cell Death

Apoptosis∅, 1,   Cyt‑c↓, 1,   IAP1↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress

HSP27↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes

toxicity↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 6

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Cyt‑c, cyt-c Release into Cytosol
3 Apigenin (mainly Parsley)
3 Quercetin
3 Sulforaphane (mainly Broccoli)
2 Berberine
2 Phenethyl isothiocyanate
1 Metformin
1 Curcumin
1 Chrysin
1 Paclitaxel
1 Resveratrol
1 Docetaxel
1 Selenite (Sodium)
1 Vitamin K2
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